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The Kansas Weekly New Era from Medina, Kansas • Page 2

The Kansas Weekly New Era from Medina, Kansas • Page 2

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It.c!.an I'csr From Enrcpe. iLt.ito. P.ev. J. ENW ADVERTISEMET P.

Ova Wor.K.- karu tL the 'ogre-s Hi ut Ji: It and P. mei are Lai r.l v. ot for the chrtrae'er, aiid is l-cheved to tve irie'uded in its plan and pcr-pc'rrii Ti many persons holding hi di of power and au v. rNKi y.v, i it. i t7 DOWN A man at Napia, having attended tho theater an I tho of Lyons," went straight after his sweetheart, threw his arms aronnd her neck, and in tho language of Claud, besought her to Sy with him to his cottage on the Slough.

The astonishel damsel broke away and placing her arms akimbo said "Dog cn my pieters: "peei.il to the Letjiocra'. Omaha, July 9. i'hr of the 3d, says the Indian? tern to have oat again on the Phit'o. OLir operators inform as thai Hiniih, the operator at unction City, went out estei to rcpi- tic utie, ana war, i m. i to ileaver cieck this inornl-iir, havii'g 1 een followed hy tie uut fcitr inJer.

Yc'-terdav at.eri.o:u the Indiana attacked Ma- Blkux, July 12. The Federal Government has decide! not to send a minister to Los dos, July 12. Ik-ports re ceive 1 here from Vicuna say I a cerioas disturbance has broken ou at Ausimn jtrocp were di-putche 1 to put it down, bat were beaten Lv the it is believed these riots were instigated by Kusskvn who worked upon the national proclivities of tho population, and created, by in trigne, a feeling of discontentment. Omaha, July 12. A new city, Cheyenne, has just been laid out at tho foot of the Black liiils, on the lino of the U.

Railroad. It is now bare prririe, but within four months will bo the terminus of tho railroad, and the Union. Pacific-Company will concentrate great locomotive, machine an 1 carriage shops there. Two miles from Cheyenne, Gen. Lorensa Myers haj locate 1 a new military post.

The Xew York Citizen learns that Bon. Wood cot hit with are! hot p'-'-trr about ten days ago a dra poker," in fact to the tune of forty-five thousand dollars, the winner being a prominent and re spected memr-orcf the upper house of the Common Coundh The interesting information is a that a hand three f.ces against three queens" warmed the poker. A gang of thieves for tho past two months has Icon operating along the Louisville, Xew Albany and Uucacro iiaiiroad. lite scene of their operations extend- from Salem to Lafayette. Their latest robberies have been committed at Cioverdale, Carpeatorsville and Go.5port,Iudiana.

Xo arresfs have yet been made, though over tw enty bold roll erics have I een committed. A Xew Orleans dkpatc'a says: ''Judge II. B. Jones, the nephew of Gov. Wells, who at arrested for the murder tf the Unionist, Staufler, has Icon brought, to this hy tho mili ary and placed in jail, under the strict watch of sol diers.

Governor Flanders has just received from Governor Featon, of Xew York, a requisition for the same E. Ik Jones, upon the charge of obtaining goods under false pretenses in 21 ew York." La.n'ca;ts3, uly 13. The boilers of the Fulton Cotton Mill exploded this morning. The ctgl ccer, David Jlm-a'i, was killed the dir. Plumber had both 1 and an arm broken a fireman had his leg fractured, and was other wie and a few operatives were more or scald ed.

One of the boilers was thrown into the and the other was carried over a square north. Tho cast end of the building is demol- hdie A man named due vers was found in iho ruins, and there may te more there. fduiiiige. A friend of ours, who loves Xa- ture, has a largo cage, in which he holds immured many rare and vai-nablo birds. Among them are rob ins, birds and canaries who seem to enjov their confinement, and sing apparently with a8 much abandon as though at large in tho forest, and accom panied by the rnstlinioaves.

But, one of the motlev throucr, whose scarlet plumage makes her conspic uous in her gaudr prison-house, seems ill at easo among her beauteous confreres. Nature gives every adornment even a chignon to crown her handsome head; and so much more attractive than the others, is this forest belle, that tho eye of the beholder involuntarily returns from the rogueish thrush, the artist mocking-bird, and the sweet canary, to the gay-plumed red-bird, perched morose and discomfited in the remotest corner of the bird-cell. When; the thrushes trv to imitate the mock ing-bird, and the latter drowns in brilliant crescandos the warbles cf the thrill-singing canary, the eye forgets the plumed and gay -robed bcau'v, and our admiration is giv en to thc'Tnelodooas tut plainer songsters. Our neighbor's bird-prison is, after a miniature the handsome re l-blrd, one of our extra-fashionable women, who dazzle tie eye with external charms, hut are quickly oclipsed when the heart is touched by gennine merit. The frills and furbclows.cannot give our sweethearts, wives or a single ounce of worth, if they adorn ere res- without wo-" manly such as make the world better, and elevate the nature thai is within However-rough and repulsive the casket, the jewels clustcie-l w.ihin, eclipse in their refulgent beauty, ail ugliitese outtide tjve.

Leavenworth" Conserva- a ed Of to of -u-ar, ot Jeilersonvitie, la.t. was hilled in ti shocking manner at the Louisville water works on last He, in company with several ladies, visited the water wories, and commenced a tour of examination. While the party wera in the upper Etory of the building, inspecting the machinery connected with the huge force pump, Mr. Xear in order to observe the twtioii of the i Vmj.y wri to the rim aoiter of the jitim enclosure, an 1 leane 1 unon He unwittingly stood imme lla under the forto pntnn iuagc. in this position, the beam, with its lag of many hundred pounds weight descended upon his head and crushed it into an in diseribable m.i-s.

Tbo tuifortunato man was seen to make an effort to withdraw his head as the fatal weight pressed down, but the effort was made too late. A ltKinciK of about ono hundred feet span, on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Kaihvaj-, at I'lymoth, was completely de- molishod last week by a freiaht train running oif the track near it, an which struck the ing it off its anibutracnts into tlie river, making it a total wreck. Tho Superintendent of the road, with about one hundred carpenters were soon on the ground, and in abcut twenty-four hours thev ha! a new and substantial bridge up, and trains running as usual. A rEciPED advance in tho matter of Worn la's Rights has been made in Holland. Tho Minister cf the Interior has issued a decree admitting women to the examination for the position of assistant apothc eary an occupation i.uncrto re stricted to men.

This measure will enable country doctors to have their prescriptions male by their wives or daughters, and wiil thus relieve them from the charges of a male assistant. Five Children were drowne 1 in the Elk Horn, near Fontanelle, Xe- braska, on Friday morning. A party as comimg from a 4th of July picnic, and when crossing the river the boat upset, and two daughters of iho Rev. G. C.

Dak. Formerly Episcopal minister at Omaha, aged five and ten years, and three children of Mr. Rav, of Fremont, Nebraska, were drown ed. Tiie sowdi'g hi no sal! to be likely to have a in another similar invention recently made, by whleh all kin-is of garments are both woven and sowed at the same time. The sewing of iho scam is reported to be slrongv, eves, than ban I sewing, and perfectly smooth aud even.

Tils dag of the now Dominion ol Canada will retain the British union jack in Tie corner, and the remainder wiil Le tide I whh four stripes, red, white, blue and green, to represent tho four Provinces, which use 1 to 1 e. Bit io ha Yolno, Jk and his companion Ii chart Is, are living gaily in Paris, the former wtth two wives and nino children, the latter with nine wives and no end of children. The Fourth was not extensively celebrated in some portions of Missouri. The unreconstructed evidently don't like the association. The Cameron Chronotype, in an article on the subject says We asked a youth that came tot tering along, as if whey-ei down by low spirits, why all this clamor ami excitement: i oinunir up ward, he mildly whispere "FJa-a-ayed We wonderingly demanded an cxolanahon.

i'resenting a loig Hack pistol (made of giass, and loaded ith a blue liquid,) at our head, he excitedly exclaimed i on-ol-Jewli and us pee- nul arnhva ve out lookee vander at that cloud, my fren, and take drink cf prc-vengance 1" Ar a Fourth of July celebration at Iron Mottn 1, Saline the Junction Union, the following terrific t-Sbt was appropriately dra.tk "The Indian of the West he lazy, dirty, lousy, treacherous, thieving, brutal, bloodthirsty mur derer. Ills crimes are legion, and yet he is defended and sympathiz with in his murderous course by Eastern people, who know nothing their fiendish habits. lie- ba.s committed nameless crimes on un- rTcndir.g womcti aa-l children that would make a hyena to hear. Wlum the Government fails chastkc hum it is the duty of Kansas to do it, and tho war-cry thould I Zxlvi ttippose everybody has heard the Irithman who said: "The rnc-j-t eloquent fca'ure in 'a dg face -as is tail. as is (frontier; trey do not vail the present cV'se without iomethkg Icir.g for the preserve of the live of frontier bands a.u 1 the trull-ipvl -Ik-.

Tils to he i-'l: i-vh'-t cr-li h' h-pe our Jrciik' in w.e fir-it a' the Vi't- v. V-are lo i.t- aim a unani- vote Of thanks f. the i riited State? lr his fuiiiuiJ-nesi in carrying cat the law 1 hy then at tho last Old i'hil. is right an 1 so is and fetansherry my con-t'f'ne to swing aro'ind cireic, h-jt wiil teep the center all Loci'ST H' a or sev-ei-dyeurs in i-e pri'irle States the growing of have 1 een the rage, a they are of easy an rapid growth Hat tie experience of a few years has 'he fact thai in tlcj Yet they cannot he to profit. TLeygn.w pi.tly, to le sure, lt hy tho time are live years old thy arc so ha Hy iten the lore worn! they commence to decline, and then are fit -r m.thi' u' hat lire ood.

IJat the principle ohjeetion, is their and the production of the horer worn'. Iho root.s of five year 1 locust, exfen Is frm two to five rols, and everv ill er that may chance to he hroken, producer young shcoN, so farmers and gardeners' ara eont'naully anin-yel with I sts, ali arotnid the trees have platted. Ti.ero no douht, hut that" the cultivation tf tie loct-t in the West, pri'tc'ple cause of tho itir.Uitndc cf fruit trees heing I hy the I rer wrrnt, as th produce hy the l. We jdio-u! 1 i i o-tir aUeittio.i to the g'-owotg of other kind of or. fur instance, can he proh.tce.1 with ai iittL ennally as fast as iLe k-ctjst, at: certainly v.dll he nftcli more profitable, TitsXaw Valley Courier says We leam frcm the riejina I'Tew E.a, of this week, that the post on'iat that p'ace has 1 d' This is certrdi-ly an tel of imnsticc to the cituens of that town at the sarrennding countrv, aTi i iiwi'v reeelve.i the severc-t cor.emnrttion.

It is certainly a flue thing for Kansas that as such an ab'o mail agent in the person of llr. Legate. Should his a hnhiHtrntion continue a few r.i-.ntks longer, the express r.nfoubtelly do a gool hu'-'utess in towns which he des not feci incline! extend post ollice privileges. This action ofhis is ahotit equal to the be utiful arrangeir.ent by which this place is sapplie 1 with Eastern mail via Topeka. TosrorncB Discoxtinvkp.

The postotlice at 3idir.n, Jefferson county, has le discontinued. The "ewhlra, published at MeJiita, protests against the discontinuance the oilh-e for the following reasons ")lo is located one miic west of the ras: hopper Creek, the aeara-t post office west from the town is tunc Seven miles this territory receive 1 their mail Medina, lec.i".-e of there being convenient way cf crossing the Big Tdad lj-1 go to the postofik-e west. This makes a district of eight miles vide nd at Ieat ten long, that depende i upon this office for its mail by discontinuing this district ij left a p.ostofHce.'X Lawrence "FcrtVark-t-r" We ec-py the foil from the Leavenworth Titr.es Ch' lera has cxiste 1 this fort days. The cause of it, none can explain. Xo situation could 1 r.or freer from a -mi a.

Thirteen de.i'hs have ocer.irrod from it at Ilarhor; but it exists there no krier. Xo La oc- curred for days, ft the Med- lore- tor tho iVpartniont di-' roc-te-i ii any t-ccarre I it suouia no repotted to him forthwddn' We the telegram to him: FotT IlASSa, ai 1-1, li'Cil. B. G. ddills, die heal Firet-wr I 1 IT 1 ew caes of ch-kra for three Geo.

M. STt.axr.Em;, -Surge-'r, U. S. A. -f tl at ker are from ti.o Very Jikciy a diangc of clini.ttc, Vjitii a tiisogc water, l-C b-ia v.

"cary, rn-t we defeated id i. the ait 'Z ''i0 thority, because of the civil who were acting through inferior persons as their tools and instruments, and as such may be prevented from jriving cvider-cc le- cau'-e cf liability to punishment for partic'tmtins in rr.ch consniracv therefore, in to ojen ad S' tirces of evidence tte committee he em.po -vered to report a bill graining grace and amnesty, according to patdatnentary usage, to an- person having cogni.anee of such conspiracy, not already pet on triad and convicted of complicity therein, who f-ba'l give material and faithful evidence tending to bring to light the facts of said conspiracy: and that, in the judgment of the hous r.o person in whose favor said report shall be made, ought to he brought to trial on any evidence given by him to the committee used against uvh person any trial. N- res ler can fad to EoiiiM es pecially the last resolution, Is be beve to have in its plan an perpetration malty persons holding high positions of power and authority." The committee appointed to investigate all the facts and cireui2r.tatices" connected with the thorough work, the full ecur.uif of the fearful crime through which the lamented Lincoln, fell. Frora Washmgtcn. W.u-iit.vciiYN, July 12.

The ttdligeneer authofltively denier lathe statement put oat by the dbexican Legation, (hat Santa Anna was seized on Yexlcan soil. July Id. Among the papers teat to the House yesterday, (ai the administrahioti of the reccustructioa are the following communications Gen. Gri'it lo Sheridan, June 7 General 1 see a dispatch from Washington announcing that the Secretary of War and myself favored a reprimand for your acton in removing the Governor of was not ven in the city at the tiraD. There it not one word of truth in the story.

Grant to Sheridan, June 23: li: Intorco your con-truction of the military bill until ordered to do otherwise. The opinion of the Attorney General has not teen distributed to distrie'. commanders in language or manner, entitling it to tho fore? of an order, nor can I suppose that he Fre-ident intended it to have such force. Geo. Sheridan to Gem Grant, July 7th The result of ilr.

opinion is hegining to show itself, by the defiant position to ad acts of the military an by impeaching, and rendering Lelp'ess the civil offkers acting uu-d 1 1 r-pp i Wr. July id. tea ia respou3 -o a resolution of House, states that no further legislation was i.ecessary to facilitate the payment of additional hotiE ijs, for as many pay. masters and e'erks are now engaged in that branch of the service, as car. le profitably and judiciously em ployed.

Mexico. Tho following particulars have been received of the execution of Max.rnilion, "Poor Car- lotta, Miramon and Mejia Maximilian was shot, faced to the fros-t. His last words were "Poor Carlotta." Mirramon and Mejta reduced from their ranks, and shot in the l-fejj. Gen. Berriozobole immediately commn- nlcated the news to Gen.

Rcnohls. at Brownsville. There is great re joicing in Mexico over, the event. OfMcial information of the surren der of the Capital to Diaz has already reached here. Marouez was deposed, and the city surrendered by the Roman Talers.

It is thought here th.it Juarez has started for the Tne Mexicans are jubilant, and foreigners are horror strickeu. llscobo-lo writes from Qucretaro '1 have tie execution cf these master traitors made- terror-the order of the day everywhere. I have imposed large contributions on iLe rich, and con user, ted their property and their all, when I could not do it in person, my delegates have strictly compile 1 with my orders. I hope, before closing my military career to sec the blood of every foreigner spilt thai resides iu my country. Mexican dlinister, at Warhirg-tcn, Romero, denies the authen-ticiiy of the letter.

Tue stage fare from Denver to Omaha has tccn rcdutcd to eighty-eight -dollars. Tiij: Montana mihtia have enter- ed on bn active campaign against ti In-bans. OUR TICKET. Ft ick i Her. S.

C. POME HOY, OF KANSAS. IsOTJCB TO CUE. TNCHANGJiS. knpc ec! angrs to Le the IV.S; Ojh'c-e Me 21-iai; We also re-rgc it ail our correspondents to us at A K0J6LE MAN.

Some oue as s.d 1, '-That an ho man, Ilotglt hy the fall an Loir of depravity, is the noblest work of God." An honest how ompreheti-r Ive three word, honest with hi Maker, hottest with noigh-I or.md honest whh himself. How it is for whr are in tl.2 ha'-it of derding hore-tly with their neighbors, to falter them- mat oy are 1:1 of Iho word, honest men, they arc continually robbing (c I of sendee dee and their ov. ii Is of iLe iiie-thnal le 1 -sii-gs 1 them a'orement of Chris'1. No mail, in tie strict sense of the word, c.tti hone-t, without thulkg justly toward all 1 dugs villi 1 cm he stands le'atcJ. 1 i ea as tho relation we sustain- to God of pnrr.i.ior.ut importance lo all others, is it, that l.iea feel an in'vard consv.ioa'-ness of horesty, and at the time Iranj'Iirg ur.der foot Moral oMipr.tions.

that are infiiiite'y ir.ore important than all ethers 1 It can on'y 1 aceoante 1 for, cpr.n the proia of their hearts leii; hardc-acd sr. I -ir rain enshrend-c 1 with fposg JarLiie A truly honest is or.e who deals vrlih all the Icings to v.hom he reited; and no ore ran do this wivli'-at hehi's a Kibie hi It ia tho true clirLtian that is the nchle nun. EGG 3. It is estimated that there are cine millions of drgs in the Unite 1 States. The aggregate cost of keeping them, is not less thaj forty-flro millions" of dollars per nnm.ni.

The arr.otmt of property detryed hy dogs cm year, will not cost les than their keeping, will mahc the of dogs in the United States, niiK'ty millions of dollars jei annnm. If there ate a profits arising from the keeping of dogs we have never been able to; pee iL 2ine-tenlhs of the dogs in t'ne United States, are kept by men who have no more use for then: than a fanner has for five whoels to hiss wagon. It is not cnfrep.id!y the case, thatnten ho are scarcely able to bny bread for their families will keep from two to four lasy dogs bring around theii doors, which are a great source of annoyance, if not to the owner, to their neighbors. long siucc we were qnietly walking alerg the public road, fume five or tox rods from the dwelling of an extensive dog owner, wheu all at oiee, there sprang fror.iafer.ee corner r.o less than three huriy looking ft.dIov.-s, ready for buttle, l-'orlunately for us we were v. e'l armed with a club, which we nsed to good advantage on two of them, the other one taking the hint, left o-i dordde opikk.

ask, in the name of reason, for what do men keep sv.cli a drove of dog They are eating them oat of hoare and as veil as i eL'g a source of annoyance to their itelgh'oors. T-ci ih: greatest outrage of all isforiaen to take their dogs to on the Sahba'h, and there- bv UlsiarT the tssorvdiicss ef tVI hottr. o.vxn'.e 1 nine d.og? at rl.uroh. a fe Siibi ago, when there were not more than fony racn and women present, making at least one d-g to every five Tthaw 1 this is too 5a i On Friday, 28th at the Fashj 1 X- 100 hlthan Allen" i rotted v. a sr.aie making the unpre i of d.lo.

Dester went' the mi'e in 2. Jo times i several fcoeoit f.t. than any othr on roa-rd. a it to to of of at no it, out for mi ical Copt i of THEY COISIE! GOODS FOLD AT GREATLY REDUCED TRICES. hi Would inform the citizent of MEDINA and vieirity, that they keep constantly on hand, a good assort- of general lerchandtsa 6uckv DRY GOODS, GROCERIES.

BOOTS A SHOES. RE AD YMA 1)E CLOTIIINT QUEENSWARE GLASSWARE, CROCKERY, Ac. 4c, Which they effer to sell lowest prices for CASH. at th.j COMPETITIO 11 EldllER IN QUALITY OR CHEAPNESS. Medina, May 22.

17d7. nS3-Iy JQUX A WE A VEIi, ATTCBHEY AT LAW REAL ESTATE AGE T. Medina Kaxbas. Will InTlthc Ciiirt ff IhN fitmla R-al 4c. All MKiiM-mitttrn-lnt in ilh r' mi OtSve In lite Kkiiuu Sw Eia 'i own lots for sale.

Tho nudcrsigned has eeverai hiin 1-ed town lots for sale, iu the tlouriih-ng town cf Which he proposes to sell on th most reasonable terms to person wishing to become actnd settlerj. For further infoimAtion apj'ly to the nnqeisigncd, or to J.N. Weaver at iho Era office. JEROME KCXKEL. Medina, May 22.

I SGT. (nS3-lyJ HOTICE. you ish to buy ROCERIES CHEAr FOR CASH, Remember where the BUCK ii (111.1 SIGN 13 IN 5aaj32itii9 KANSAS. C. D.

KING. Boot Slice Charles yAhdov(t MEbLSA, in manufacturing Boot and Shoes to order, at as low price any other establishment ia the State. UK WARRANTS ALL W3 WORK. i REPAIRING ptouiptly an I neatly done an 1 satistaction guaranteed to his customers. The highest MARKET TRICE Id for HIDES iu rash or trade.

"nS-ly LliTT Sam; if I don't think yer nigh unto crazy." ItiEIEOKOLGGY OF 18d7. Jily. rotuaia. d-iiot. rlilit esct uitt irtTn in the -ai ctuuia a alight deficit SHOP The undersigned rre prrjiared to raaa- ufaeturoall kiuds of PLOWS, HARROWS.

WAGONS, On most reasonable terms. REPAIRING Of every deseiiption, done on short oti ee. Aho, they has the light of mauufactnrirg Graham's Pateut And wili be prepared to snrply the demand for thu article iu due time. 1J-ALL NEW WORK V. AltKA NTKD XX IlllMME CURRAS.

Medina, Kansas, Mav, 22, lf7. fnS3-lyI ARTHUR D. IIAYNES. TTOliS CO'VXSLL OH 11 LA motjry runic, PEiiitYviLnK, Jetferson Kan. Aiii.cii.u.;nf.i,i.rf fwn tius wiihr.tre I Bin c.B-rSmink auJ ci niiflr infrvrcnntY fn tlii Sla'--.

for ri ZM DRUG STORE. pho undersigned has opened a A I'm- oiore on tlte lower floor ol the KAXSAS XEW ERA fcUJLDIXG, MEDINA, KANSAS, where be is prepared to accomodate ihe public with fresh pure DA UGS d- MED1 ClXE S. His stock consists in part of DRUGS, MEDICINES, FAINTS, OILS, DYE STUFFS, PERFUMERY Ac. a nice stock of groceries, sm.h COFFEE, TEA. SUGAR.

molasses, canned fruits, OYdTEP.S, SOAP, i-. The attention of PHYSICIANS called to his stock of drugs. PRESCRIPTIONS filled wi care an precision. XL N. WEAVER, Salesman.

1 Medina, Jum lit, P'i7. Temperature nt I I 3 1 i 4- il iS "3 -3 5 5 a Ji a t- a tS to 7:) 73 7l S5 78 77f 10 WcJ. hit 1 1 Th tr. 71 Ti f.i 1 12 Fril'y 7 73 7t 1.1 Sst. Ml 80f 1 1 Siiu 1-j 7J pO 1 as 11 P.

1 iiiley's and woundej one ar.n, hen the coaeh drove lLo going ko the as- i tOLlc. iUrther particulars can ol tait.c 1, as the line is down of Juiiuiion City. The extras wilt be early this evening. A Smoky Ilili cou'-h came into to -day orn Lake Station news from below. Lake Station is eighty fie miles ea -t cf Denver.

Two riutte coaches went out today with several passengers. Thev are expected in this eveuing. A gentlenmn from "Jte 1'lains gives information that about fifteen hundred Indian? tren, women and jtm.ii-ett churning to of Spot-j tc 1 Tail's trihe, were moving down to tue Camp cf the Friendless, at North riatie. Ti-e setders snspect the-jo to le non-eoinbatants of their trii while the young im-n are cn the war-path. A lot of cattle on Pole creek are reported stolen on Saturdav night by the Indian, and about the same time another lot at the end of the Union rcitie track.

Colonel Carrington, whose leave of absence I announced yesterday, his wife, two chihlm-i servarf, arrived this morning. New.sjust reeieved at headquarters, brought ly Brevet Lieut. Colonel -V. C. Kinney, Captain of the 27ia Infantry, and the late gaiiant commander of Fort C.

F. Smith, has just reached here from that pot. The Colonel is a rp'en-did specimen of vigorous and j-dly health. Colonel Finney cr.joys the advantage of game, scenery, climate and excitement at that post before those of any fronieir post. Lieut.

Col. Cradley, of the 27th Infantry is lo command FortC. F. Smith with garrison of five companies i fa ry Fears arc eutcrt.iene 1 for the safe'y cf Lieut. Kidder, of the 2n Cavalry, an 1 ten men with f.

guide who left Fort Sedgwick on the 20th of June, with dispatches for Gen. Custar. Gen. Custar had c.mio into the South Platte at Riverside Station, having heard nothing of Kidder's party. Assassination.

Wo are to have, if it chall I pos- io.e for human energy to get i', every fact and the name of evcry person connected with the assassination of thegood Lincoln. Strange as it may seem to the foreigner, cr sound to tho native, much of mystery surrounds that fatal and foul dee 1. Wo know certain facts. Bat beyond, who were concerned, who aided, who encourage among those high in station anO gifted in intellect, we know nothing. One cannot read the resolution? adoptel bv the House, and of which we have given heretofore the details, without realizing, that in the American mind, as well as among the of the American people at Washington, there lurks the fuspieion that half has not yet been told.

We copy them in full Ilesolved hy the Tlouse of Representatives of the United States of America, That a special com mittee ot five members of the House be appointed, hose duty it shall i to investigate all the facts and circumstances connected with the as a-sinatlon cf the late Irment- ed President of the United States, an I to recover the fact thercly ob-tainc 1. an 1 report the same to- the IToitte at any time, with such re-cvmnHndations as mav-eem and 1 it further Ik-oived, That such committee, 1 the rurj eetf this it.vcsJiga shad have power to ad mini s- Icr oaths, to send for anil papers, to appoint a clerk and a stenographer, audio sit datinganv re ot eApen.e .,111.4 of the invcsiisration be paid from the eor.tiugcnt fund of tue House an 1 ho it therefore ikcled, Th-t a copy of all testimony taken ly the Committee on Juilciu-y tf the Thirty-Xir-th and Cor.gi'c-sci pertaining to she be reported to said L-c it further IJesuKcJ, Thai as (he. crime to tc in est 'gift-1 of a most ar.i lii voun'ry unprcce:.

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